Nothing works as it did before. Not even the notifications of new comments. I noticed it with blooger first, but Discus isn't sending emails either as it once did. This is bad because a commenter doesn't know when someone responds to them maybe days or weeks later when we don't come back to check.

Unlike our pols who don't give a lick what you have to say, I am open to comments both pro and con. And Blooger et al. seem determined to keep us in the dark.

BTW, I did vote for your last. However, when you pump for a GOP that don't pump back, I dunno.

I know. I think of that every time I say Vote Conservative, Vote Republican.But it's one or the other, and as bad as some elements of the Repubs are, there are no Cruzs, Walkers, etc. in the Dem column.Thanks for the comment and the vote, Pasc.

Pascal, I do get Discus send-outs....not on all but the ones ON Discus.I agree...I used to think it's a hassle to constantly get my email inbox glutted with a response to every comment I made; but most don't do Discus, so this works for me...just enough.

Well, now that's special. All my blogger response email was in my spam folder. I have to figure out how to tell blogger to alter my designation that made in-coming notifications (from you, others and my own blog as well) go to spam. Dunno what's up with Disqus yet.

Voting Republican in the general election is the last firewall against socialism and Marxism. Often, though, pulling the handle for some guys with an (R) behind their names requires holding ones nose.

The thrust in our efforts to take back our country from the pinkos that currently call the shots is to show up in the PRIMARIES. RINOs are killing us. They are really no different than anyone with a (D) behind their names, it's just that they pretend to be conservative. These guys have to go. We need to get true conservatives on the ballot, and not Democrats who simply put an (R) behind their names so that they can get elected.

I appreciate that totally.Around here, an (R) gets you no votes.Like I told Pascal above: "I know. I think of that every time I say Vote Conservative, Vote Republican.But it's one or the other, and as bad as some elements of the Repubs are, there are no Cruzs, Walkers, etc. in the Dem column."

I am struggling. I keep holding my nose and voting for the lessor of two evils. The problem is they are both evil. Something in that DC water seems to neutralize conservatives and turn them against the ones that voted them in.

It's partly a matter of inculcating young people to succumb to peer pressure rather than stand their principled ground. Then when that is combined with the Soviet-Style Media onslaughts with its well proven effectiveness of demonizing yesterday's hero, I'm not surprised how seemingly simple nudges can drive those on the Right to give ground to the Left.

As CSLewis memorably warned at the end of his lecture men without chests, "we castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful."

For the West to recover from the long buildup (the "long march thru the institutions") of these incremental destruction of our barriers to tyranny will take monumental effort.

IMCO, it comes down to daring to build your own local blocs and be both diligent and relentless in their formation. At this point patriots dare not rely on the established parties except to the extent they are sure they can retake them. There is so much international money running them that the elitism in high places really does look at American citizens as their dumb subjects. Sadly it appears that too will take monumental effort. Godspeed.